Building a robust culture

While there are many external pressures associated with the reform agenda, I contend that the most essential change is needed within. It is about fostering leadership at the centre and nurturing the basic humanity of residential aged care communities.

Here I aim to add to the discussion in the article Leading change – published in the September-October edition of Australian Ageing Agenda – which highlighted the need for leadership in response to the wave of reforms challenging the aged care sector, prompted b...